• 대한미생물학회지
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• 제13권1호
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• pp.1-5
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• 1978

Listeria monocytogenes infection was considered a rather rare disease and occurs mostly either in newborn babies or in young children. However, there has been increasing reports of this infection in elderly person with various underlying disease. Recently we have experienced two cases of Listeria meningitis; one in a 4-year-old male with an acute lymphoblastic leukemia, and the other in a 43-year-old female with a breast cancer. Both were on various chemotherapeutic agents for their primary diseases when the organism, L. monocytogenes was found in their celebospinal fluid(CSF). The degree of CSF pleocytosis were quite different by cases. The former case showed a marked increase, $3,350/mm^3$, and the latter slight, $410/mm^3$, Both showed a slight decrease of CSF glucose ranging 39 to 43mg/100ml. It seems that a routine CSF analysis bears a limitted value in the diagnosis or Listeria meningitis. A direct smear of CSF with Gram's stain revealed gram-positive bacilli in one case, but none in the other. Bacterial culture of CSF yielded plenty colonies in one case, but a few in the other. It seems that isolation of L. monocytogenes must not be considered very easy, and a negative direct smear does not necessarily mean a negative culture. The two isolates we obtained showed the typical cultural and biochemical characteristics of L. monocytogenes and were found to belong to serotypes 1b and 4b. It was our experience that the identification of this organism was not very much matter because of its distinct characteristics, but the most important matter was how to think of the possibility of this organism at the begining. The two isolates were both susceptible to cephalothin, chloramphenicol, erythromycin, tetracycline and gentamicin; intermediate to ampicillin, penicillin and kanamycin; and resistant to cloxacillin.

• 대한미생물학회지
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• 제21권1호
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• pp.73-95
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• 1986

A total of 5,462 isolates suspicious of Salmonella, Shigella and E. coli which were isolated during 1983 to 1985 by 12 City Hygine Laboratories and General Hospital Laboratories were received and identified at the National Salmonella Center, Seoul, Korea. The result of identification of these strains were summarized as follows: 1. It was confirmed that the total organisms broke down into 2,014 strains of Salmonella 1,294 of which were S. typhi, 887 strains of Shigella and 2,561 strains of E. coli. 2. For seasonal distribution of enteric pathogens, July was the month with the highest out breaks of salmonellosis, May was the month of Shigellosis, and April was of the highest month it in the case of E. coli. 3. Salmonella typhi with the highest incidence of isolation was shown to belong to various phage types, especially with the strains detected in Seoul. M1 type was widely distributed all over the country, but the majority was E1 type in 1983. 4. For age distribution of patients, the 20-29 age group had the highest incidence of salmonellosis whileas the 1 to 9 age group had the highest incidence of Shigellosis. 5. For sexuly distribution of Salmonella and Shigella infections seemed to be relatively higher in the female than in the male. However, E. coli. had no relationship to both sex. 6. The antibiotic sensitivity patterns of S. typhi cultures showed a tendancy to be resistant to colistin, gentamycin, neomycin, tetracycline and streptomycin. 7. The isolates of S. paratyphi-A, S. typhimurium and S. enteritidis seemed to have a tendency of multiple drug resistance. 8. 93.9 percent of 1,568 E. coli strains showed negative reactions to the antisera of enteropathogenic E. coli and 15.6 percent of them produced a heat-labile enterotoxin, but positive reaction to the antisera was 6.1 percent and 11.6 percent of them producled the enterotoxin.

• 한국축산식품학회지
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• 제31권1호
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• pp.47-53
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• 2011

Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium (ST) is one of the most common serovars isolated from humans and animals. It has been suggested that ST infections in Koreans are largely due to the consumption of contaminated pork and beef. To investigate the genotypes, phage types, and antimicrobial resistance patterns for ST isolates of different origins, a total of 70 ST strains, including 19 isolates from humans, 44 isolates from pigs, and 6 isolates from cattle, were analyzed using pulsedfield gel electrophoresis (PFGE), phage typing, and antimicrobial susceptibility tests. Forty-three distinct PFGE patterns were generated from 70 ST isolates, which were grouped into 14 PFGE groups (from A to N) at the level of 75% similarity. The most prevalent group was the A (A1-A17 subtypes) group, encompassing 54.5% (38/70) of ST isolates. ST isolates from pigs and cattle mostly belong to groups A and L, whereas ST isolates from humans mostly belong to groups F and C. Antimicrobial susceptibility tests using 11 antimicrobial agents showed that resistance to tetracycline (TE) (81.4%) was highly prevalent, followed by streptomycin (S) (64.3%) and nalidixic acid (NA) (31.4%) resistance. A total of seventeen antimicrobial resistance patterns were observed. Only 8.6% of isolates, including a reference strain, were susceptible to all antimicrobial agents tested. The most prevalent resistance pattern was TE-S (37.1%), which was seen in 66.6% of bovine, 40.8% of swine and 21.1% of human isolates. Three ST isolates from humans (15.9%) showed resistance to 7-8 antimicrobials. The most predominant phage type (PT) was U302 (64.3%), followed by DT170 (10.0%). PFGE types did not coincide with antimicrobial resistance patterns and phage types; therefore, the combination of those types allowed for further differentiation between tested ST isolates.

• 한국동물위생학회지
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• 제24권1호
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• pp.31-41
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• 2001

This study was carried out to identify causative agents from california mastitis test(CMT) positive mastitic milk, and to examine the antimicrobial susceptibility of 50 heads in Seongju and Chilgok area of Gyeongbuk province. Sulfadimethoxine sodium(SMS) was intramuscularly administered once to four mastitis Infected dairy cattle at the rate of 10mg/kg body weight. After injection of SMS, the depletion rate of serum and milk from the cattle were periodically measured for five days. The CMT positive number from 50 heads showed 46% and that of 200 quarters was 47(23.5%). From 39 quarters of 47 heads 39 different microorganisms were identified. These organisms were classified into 12 species : Staphylococcus aureus 8(20.5%), Sta hemolyticus 6(15.4%), Streptococcus bovis 4(10.3%), Sta hyicus 3(7.7%), Sta epidemidis. Sta xylosus, Sta sciuri 2(5.1%), Str agalactiae 2(5.1%), Escherichia coli(10.3%), three Enterobacter cloacae(7.7%), two Ent aerogenes(5.1%) and one Salmonella spp(2.6%). As the results of antibiotic susceptibility test, gentamicin(Gm, 11 species 27 strains, 69.5%), cephalotin(Cf, 9 species 24 strains, 61.5%), sulfamethoxazole(Stx, 8 species 14 strains, 43.6%), tetracycline(Tc, 8 species 14 strains, 35.9%), and streptomycin(Sm), lincomycin(Lm), cefoperazon(Cp) and penicillin(Pc) have a highly resistance(7.7% ～5.1%). However, carbenicillin (Cb), amikacin(Ah) have no susceptible for all drugs. The mean residual concentration of SMS in serum according to the time lapsed were showed 33.964 $\pm$ 4.435ppm at the 4 hours after intramuscularly injection(AII). It was significantly(p<.05) decreased to 6.596 $\pm$ 3.402, 0.217 $\pm$ 0.119 and 0.005 $\pm$ 0.004ppm at the 1st, 3rd and 5th day AII. The mean concentration of SMS in milk was significantly(p<.05) decreased from 0.920 $\pm$ 0.42ppm to 0.084 $\pm$ 0.016ppm between 8 hours and 1 day AII. As the results of this experiments, sulfadimethoxine was residued at the level of no less than 0.01ppm in milk on the 2nd day AII. Thus, this results would be able to be used the basic index for prevention of sulfonamides residue in milk after treatment of dairy mastitis.

• Reproductive and Developmental Biology
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• 제31권3호
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• pp.153-159
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• 2007

본 연구에서: hG-CSF의 발현을 유도적으로 조절하기 위한 FIV-Tet-On lentivirus vector system을 구축하고자 하였다. hG-CSF는 호중성구 계열 세포의 증식과 분화, 생존에 영향을 미치는 물질로서, 이 유전자의 발현을 증가시키기 위하여 FIV-Tet-On vector 상의 hG-CSF나 $rtTA2^SM2$ 서열의 3' 위치에 WPRE 서열을 도입하였다. 구축된 각각의 vector는 293FT 세포에 일시적으로 transfection하여 virus를 생산하였으며, 이 virus를 일차 배양 세포인 CEF와 PFF에 감염시켰다. 각 세포에 전이되 hG-CSF의 발현 양상을 관찰하기 위하여 doxycycline을 첨가하거나 첨가하지 않은 배지에서 배양한 후 quantitative real-time PCR, Western blot과 ELISA를 이용하여 hG-CSF 유전자의 발현 정도를 비교 측정한 결과, CEF에서는 WPRE가 hG-CSF의 3' 위치에 도입된 경우에 발현량과 유도율이 가장 높은 것으로 나타났고, PFF에서는 rtTA 서열의 3'위치에 도입된 경우에 발현량과 유도율이 가장 큰 것으로 확인되었다. 이 FIV-Tet-On vector system은 형질 전환 동물의 생산이나 유전자 치료에서 문제시되는 외래 유전자의 지속적인 과다 발현에 의한 개체의 생리적인 부작용을 최소화하기 위한 해결 방법으로 제시될 수 있을 것이다.

• Journal of Animal Science and Technology
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• 제48권2호
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• pp.307-314
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• 2006

Kefir로부터 1차적으로 평판배양법을 이용하여 생장이 가장 우수한 효모를 분리하였고, 이 균은 API 20C kit를 이용한 당발효성 결과에서 99.8%의 상동성을 가진 Candida kefyr로 동정되었다. Candida kefyr 균주는 효소기질을 첨가하여 굳힌 PDA 평판 실험에서 특히 phytase 와 amylase의 분비능력이 높은 것으로 관찰되었고 cellulase와 xylanase, protease 활성은 낮게 나타났다. 균체를 균질화하여 효소활성을 측정하였을 때, amylase와 phytase, cellulase 활성이 0.339±1.12, 0.052±0.88, 0.051±0.78 μmole/min/mg로 비교적 높은 활성을 보였다. Candida kefyr는 pH2에서 초기균수의 0.7%로 감소되는 것으로 보이나 Saccharomyces cerevisiae보다는 약 100배 정도 높게 생존하는 것으로 나타나 내산성이 비교적 강한 것으로 판단되었다. Candida kefyr는 1.0%의 bile salt의 존재하에서도 초기 균수의 약 97.2%를 유지하는 것으로 나타났으며, 이는 86.1%인 Saccharomyces cerevisiae 보다 내담즙산에 강한 것으로 나타났다. 열 안정성을 측정한 경우는 Candida kefyr는 60℃에서 5.0×109 CFU/ml 정도로 약 35.7%가 잔존하는 것으로 조사되었으며 Saccharomyces cerevisiae 보다는 10배 이상 높은 내열성을 유지하였다. 13가지의 항생제중 Candida kefyr의 항생제 내성을 측정한 경우는 10ppm neomycin과 150ppm 이상의 clopidol에서는 억제되었으나 11가지 항생제에는 억제되지 않는 내성을 보였다. 이상의 결과로부터 본 연구에서 분리된 Candida kefyr 균주는 강한 내산성 및 내열성과 항생제 내성을 나타냈으며 소화관련 효소의 활성들도 높게 나타나 가축용 생균제로 충분히 유용성이 있는 것으로 사료되었다.

• 대한임상검사과학회지
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• 제36권2호
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• pp.69-75
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• 2004

Vibrio vulnificus is a halophilic bacterium frequently involved in human infection of seafood-associated primary septicemia and primary wound infection, mostly in men with over 40-years of age with underlying liver disease. The primary septicemia, which is the most common form of V. vulnificus infection in Korea, is defined as a systemic illness presenting fever or hypotension with recovery of V. vulnificus from blood or tissue without the apparent primary focus of infection. V. vulnificus typically do not produce acid from sucrose, but a case of primary septisemia was found in a patient at Chonnam K hospital in 1993 from whose blood a sucrose-fermenting strain was isolated. The patient was a 62-year-old man, heavy drinker, with underlying liver disease. He consumed a raw seafood dish two days before onset of the present illness. His symptoms were tenderness and swelling on the right foot. He rapidly developed septicemia, resulting in sudden death. V. vulnificus was isolated from the venous blood culture of the patient. On subculture, the isolate formed yellow colonies on TCBS and produced acid from sucrose. Because of these characteristics, species identification was not achieved by the API 20E and was delayed. Other characteristics of the isolate were identical to those of typical V. vulnificus. The isolate was common serotype O4A and possession of V. vulnificus-specific cytolysin gene was detected by PCR. The isolate was susceptible to all the antimicrobial agents tested including tetracycline, but was intermediate to colistin. In conclusion, it is important that microbiologists be aware of the presence of sucrose-positive V. vulnificus when he or she identifies gram-negative bacilli, which is isolated from the blood of patients with a recent history of raw seafood dish consumption.

• 대한미생물학회지
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• 제14권1호
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• pp.49-61
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• 1979

Two hundred and ninety-five strains of Peudomonas aeruginosa isolated from clinical sources were tested for drug resistance and demonstration of R plasmids by intraspecies conjugation system. Sixty strains were found highly resistant to two or more of drugs. The rate of resistant strains were 38.9% to kanamycin(km), 33.2% to streptomydn(sm), 22.7% to sulfisomidine(Sa), 14.2% to chloramphenicol(Cp), 13.8% to tetracycline(Tc), 3.0% to carbenicillin(Cb), and to gentamicin(Gm), respectively. But no strains was resistant to nalidixic acid and colistine. They were resistant to per milliliter to more than $400{\mu}g$ per ml. of Tc, $800{\mu}g$ per ml of Cp and of Sm, $6,400{\mu}g$ per ml. of Sa, $200{\mu}g$ per ml. of Cb, $100{\mu}g$ per ml. of Gm, and $25{\mu}g$ per ml. of colistine. Forty-three strains of Pseudomonas aeruginosa could be transferred their resistance to Pseudomonas aeruginosa 2-70, 1005 rifampin resistant FP-auxotrophic mutant. Of sixty multiple resistant strains, forty-three(71.6%) demonstrated R plasmids; nineteen carried resistance to(Tc Cp Sm Sa), six to(Tc Cp Sm), three to(Tc Cp Sa), and Cp, five to(Tc Sm Sa), two to(Tc Sa), (Cp Sm) and Tc, and one to(Cp Sm Sa). Degree of resistance of recipients recieving R plasmids from donors were almost the same level of resistance as the donor in regardless of mating temperature at $25^{\circ}C$ and $37^{\circ}C$. Resistance to Tc, Sm, and Sa were transferred to a very few of recipient cells at five minutes after mating with donor and recipient cells but resistance to Cp were transferred to the majority of recipient cells. The transfer frequency of Tc, Cp, Sm, and Sa resistance from donors to recipients were from $1.0^{-1.4}\;to\;1.0^{-3.5}$ at $25^{\circ}C$ for 18 hours of incubation and were from $1.0^{-1.5}\;to\;1.0^{-3.5}$ at $37^{\circ}C$ for 18 hours of incubation.

• Journal of Animal Science and Technology
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• 제53권4호
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• pp.341-348
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• 2011

이 연구는 천연소재 probiotics 발효물을 대상으로 가축의 장내 유해세균으로 알려진 S. typhimurium KCTC 2054와 E. coli O157:H7의 생장을 억제시키는 유효 발효물을 선발하여 특성을 연구하는 데 있다. 실험 샘플 444개 중 유해 세균에 대한 항균력이 가장 우수한 것으로 C. butyricum IDCC 9207 백미 발효물(FWR)을 최종 선발하였다. C. butyricum IDCC 9207이 함유된 백미 발효물 (FWRCb9207)을 S. typhimurium KCTC 2054로 감염시킨 ICR-mice에 일정기간 투여하였을 때, salmonella의 생육이 억제됨을 확인하였으며, 장관에서 분비되는 secretory immunoglobulin A (sIgA)의 양이 증가됨을 확인하였다. FWRCb9207은 기존의 생균제 보다 빠른 정장효과를 나타낼 수 있으며, 발효물보다 생균보강을 통해 정장작용의 기간을 늘릴 수 있는 것이 장점이다. 또한 FWRCb9207의 급여를 통해 사료로부터 쉽게 감염되는 S. typhimurium, S. gallinarum, S. pullorum, S. choleraesuis ssp. choleraesuis 등의 유해세균 증식을 효과적으로 억제시키고 면역력을 증진시킴으로써 가축의 증체율을 높였다. 이러한 FWRCb9207의 synbiotic effects는 궁극적으로 기존 항생제를 대체함으로써 항생제 오남용으로 발생되는 문제점을 해소할 수 있을 것으로 기대된다.

• 한국식품위생안전성학회지
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• 제25권2호
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• pp.122-128
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• 2010

2009년 4월부터 12월까지 서울시 보건환경연구원 미생물 관리팀에 의뢰된 냉동식품 100건을 대상으로 일반세균수, 대장균군수, 대장균과 장구균의 오염도를 조사였으며, 분리된 장구균을 대상으로 하여 항생제 감수성 검사를 실시하였다. 일반세균수는 평균 검출량이 $4.3{\times}10^4CFU/g$ 이고 대장균군수는 평균 검출량이 $4.3{\times}10^3CFU/g$ 이고 대장균은 100건 모두에서 불검출되어 0.0%의 검출률을 보였다. 100건의 검체 중 총 22건에서 장구균이 분리되었으며 이 가운데 12주는 E. faecium, 7주는 E. faecalis, 2주는 E. gallinarum, 1주는 E. hirae이었다. 분리균주의 항생제 내성률을 검사 한 결과, 내성을 나타내는 항생제들은 erythroycin, rifampin, teracycline ciprofloxacin, chlorampenicol, penicillin이며, vancomycin, ampicillin, gentamicin, strepomycin, linezolid에 대해서는 모두 감수성이었다. 또 22건의 분리 균주 중에서 2종 이상의 항생제에 다제 내성을 나타낸 균주가 15주나 되며 가장 많은 형태로는 6균주의 장구균에서 나타난 E-RA에 대한 것이었다.